Brown Paper Flooring

Roll is easy to handle.

Brown paper flooring.

Well here it is the post everyone has been waiting for me to write. For general floor protection. I m chris and i blog over at freckle face girl. I am so excited to be a guest at remodelaholic today.

So if you want to rip out your old carpet but don t have the money to install hardwood flooring and still want the warm look of wood tones this is an excellent alternative. Check out my floors in the may june 2012 issue of natural home and garden. After the floor is prepped tear and also crumple 6 to 8 inch paper heaps from a roll of brown craft paper the material utilized in brownish paper lunch bags. I installed a floor made of brown paper and polyurethane in my boy s room last year read that post here and since then i have gotten a ton of questions about it the original tutorial post currently has 645 comments most of them questions that i have done my best to answer and keep up with.

Stained brown paper faux wood plank floors by chris of freckle face girl. Want to rip out your ugly carpet but don t have the money to put in hardwood flooring. If you are looking for a diy flooring idea that has the look of real wood without the price try this diy faux wood flooring made with ordinary brown craft paper. I was looking for an inexpensive alternative to carpeting or hardwood flooring.

I am a freckle face mama of 4 and a lover of projects. By using this simple technique you can give your floors a. Stay clear of extremely little pieces that could develop a chintzy pebbled look rather than a sophisticated faux marble appearance. My brown paper floors are by far my most viewed content at the top of the list for faqs and seen more on pinterest than anything else i ve done.

Large enough for most projects. Using this simple diy technique you can give your floor a faux leathe. Please use the pause button if the text is going too fast for you. After the floor is prepped tear and crumple 6 to 8 inch paper wads from a roll of brown craft paper the material used in brown paper lunch bags.

Brown builder s paper is an economical kraft construction paper which is large enough for several projects. I think i m a project aholic. It can be used as a paint drop cloth and runner or for general protection. Also featured in the november 2012 issue of wnc woman.